diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 74296c2d1fed..3dea927be5ad 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static void set_task_reclaim_state(struct task_struct *task,
 
 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
+DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(shrinker_srcu);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 static int shrinker_nr_max;
@@ -212,6 +213,20 @@ static struct shrinker_info *shrinker_info_protected(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 					 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
 }
 
+static struct shrinker_info *shrinker_info_srcu(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+						int nid)
+{
+	return srcu_dereference(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info,
+				&shrinker_srcu);
+}
+
+static void free_shrinker_info_srcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct shrinker_info *info = container_of(head, typeof(*info), rcu);
+
+	kvfree_rcu(info, rcu);
+}
+
 static int expand_one_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				    int map_size, int defer_size,
 				    int old_map_size, int old_defer_size)
@@ -244,7 +259,12 @@ static int expand_one_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		       defer_size - old_defer_size);
 
 		rcu_assign_pointer(pn->shrinker_info, new);
-		kvfree_rcu(old, rcu);
+
+		/*
+		 * Shrinker info is used under both SRCU and regular RCU, so
+		 * synchronize the free against both of them.
+		 */
+		call_srcu(&shrinker_srcu, &old->rcu, free_shrinker_info_srcu);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -357,7 +377,6 @@ static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	/* This may call shrinker, so it must use down_read_trylock() */
 	id = idr_alloc(&shrinker_idr, shrinker, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (id < 0)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -391,7 +410,7 @@ static long xchg_nr_deferred_memcg(int nid, struct shrinker *shrinker,
 {
 	struct shrinker_info *info;
 
-	info = shrinker_info_protected(memcg, nid);
+	info = shrinker_info_srcu(memcg, nid);
 	return atomic_long_xchg(&info->nr_deferred[shrinker->id], 0);
 }
 
@@ -400,7 +419,7 @@ static long add_nr_deferred_memcg(long nr, int nid, struct shrinker *shrinker,
 {
 	struct shrinker_info *info;
 
-	info = shrinker_info_protected(memcg, nid);
+	info = shrinker_info_srcu(memcg, nid);
 	return atomic_long_add_return(nr, &info->nr_deferred[shrinker->id]);
 }
 
@@ -641,6 +660,7 @@ void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 		down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
 		up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+		synchronize_srcu(&shrinker_srcu);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -651,7 +671,7 @@ void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 void register_shrinker_prepared(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
 	shrinker->flags |= SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 }
@@ -676,11 +696,12 @@ void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 		return;
 
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	list_del(&shrinker->list);
+	list_del_rcu(&shrinker->list);
 	shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE)
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	synchronize_srcu(&shrinker_srcu);
 
 	kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);
 	shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL;
@@ -792,15 +813,13 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 {
 	struct shrinker_info *info;
 	unsigned long ret, freed = 0;
-	int i;
+	int i, srcu_idx;
 
 	if (!mem_cgroup_online(memcg))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
-		return 0;
-
-	info = shrinker_info_protected(memcg, nid);
+	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&shrinker_srcu);
+	info = shrinker_info_srcu(memcg, nid);
 	if (unlikely(!info))
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -850,14 +869,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 				set_shrinker_bit(memcg, nid, i);
 		}
 		freed += ret;
-
-		if (rwsem_is_contended(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
-			freed = freed ? : 1;
-			break;
-		}
 	}
 unlock:
-	up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	srcu_read_unlock(&shrinker_srcu, srcu_idx);
 	return freed;
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
@@ -894,6 +908,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 {
 	unsigned long ret, freed = 0;
 	struct shrinker *shrinker;
+	int srcu_idx;
 
 	/*
 	 * The root memcg might be allocated even though memcg is disabled
@@ -905,10 +920,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
 		return shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_mask, nid, memcg, priority);
 
-	if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
-		goto out;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
+	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&shrinker_srcu);
+	list_for_each_entry_srcu(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list,
+				 srcu_read_lock_held(&shrinker_srcu)) {
 		struct shrink_control sc = {
 			.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
 			.nid = nid,
@@ -919,19 +933,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 		if (ret == SHRINK_EMPTY)
 			ret = 0;
 		freed += ret;
-		/*
-		 * Bail out if someone want to register a new shrinker to
-		 * prevent the registration from being stalled for long periods
-		 * by parallel ongoing shrinking.
-		 */
-		if (rwsem_is_contended(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
-			freed = freed ? : 1;
-			break;
-		}
 	}
+	srcu_read_unlock(&shrinker_srcu, srcu_idx);
 
-	up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
-out:
 	cond_resched();
 	return freed;
 }
